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Are there devices that can send wireless signals to a computer?
I need a device that can send a wireless signal from a router to a laptop. I know the Xbox 360 has something similar but the router we're trying to use is not a wireless router. I just need it to be able to send a signal from an ethernet port to another ethernet port wireless-ly(?) so that my mom can hook up to the internet without having to run a cable across the house. She got a laptop as a gift and it was a prepaid kind, which is worthless, but they have a land line already established and she just needs to connect it.
Also, if there was some kind of splitter that is made that can plug into an ethernet port and allow it to branch off I would be interested in that, too. Maybe something like a pigtail?
I just cant believe that there isn't some simple little thing that would be sold in Walmart or something.
Maybe the simplest way to go would be just using a wireless router but I don't wanna drop a lot of cash. Any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated, Thanks!
Ideally you need a wireless router. Cheap ones are in the $30-$40 range.
There is also something called power line networking which can send the network signal over your existing home power lines, but they are more expensive than a wireless router.
The ethernet "splitter" you talk about is called a "switch" in networking terms. A pigtail doesn't work. Cheap switches are in the $30 range.
Your existing DSL or Cable router may already have a switch built in, with 4 or 5 ports.
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